Guitar tablature

A TAB staff isn’t a second copy of your music — it’s the same notes, shown a different way. One part, two staves (standard notation and TAB) sharing the same events; edit either one and both update.

Controlling which staff shows

The fretted instrument’s Tab Display setting (Instruments panel) is a three-way toggle:

• Linked — both staves, kept in sync.
• Tab Only — just the fret numbers, for a “give me tab and nothing else” workflow.
• Notation Only — hides TAB, keeps standard notation.

Switching preserves the underlying notes either way — nothing is lost toggling between them.

Fret assignment

A note’s string/fret is auto-computed on entry (the lowest playable fret is preferred). Override it with ↑/↓ while your cursor sits on the TAB staff — this moves the same pitch to a different string, not a different note — or type a fret number directly onto the TAB staff.

Tuning, capo, and style

Tuning and capo are real per-instrument settings — Standard, Drop D, DADGAD, Open G/D/E, half/full-step down, Open C, plus bass/ukulele/banjo/ mandolin defaults, with capo shifting the effective fret. Tab Style is Simple or Rhythmic (just these two ship today).

Tips

• The bend/slide/let-ring/palm-mute/vibrato technique marks (see Bowing and guitar technique marks) render only on the TAB staff — never on standard notation, even when both staves are visible.
• Bends and slides are visual notation only today — there’s no audible pitch-bend on playback yet.
• No fretboard/chord diagrams, harmonics notation, or whammy-bar notation yet.